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somebody wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html
I read half way through this thing, and all I saw was people shouting
that the device works or that the device doesn't work. It honestly looks
like they're arguing about a device which might work, but not very well.
And then, half way through, you see the manufacturer's claims. And it
suddenly snaps into painfully sharp focus that this is pure fairy dust.
'The device can find guns, ammunition, drugs, truffles, human bodies and
even contraband ivory at distances up to a kilometer, underground,
through walls, underwater or even from airplanes three miles high. The
Hah. Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
Seriously. If they printed this nearer the top of the article, it would
become more immediately clear that we're talking about utter nonesense.
"You need more training."
My God... The human race is doomed.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
"Many skeptics doubt its effectiveness."
WTF? On which planet?! Because I'm pretty sure on *this* planet most
rational people would be able to determine pretty quickly that this is a
trivial Get Rich Quick scam.
> http://www.theonion.com/content/news/apple_claims_new_iphone_only
Hahahahaha... Oh, that's nice.
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